The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has offered escort services and issued a set of 13 recommendations for the safe and secured transportation of large sums of money during the holy month of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr.

"If any individual, bank, or financial institution feels that they need police assistance to transfer a large amount of money, we will provide them with escort services," Deputy Commissioner (DC) and spokesperson of the DMP Muhammad Talebur Rahman told BSS on Friday (February 21).

Individuals or organizations seeking police assistance are advised to contact the relevant police station, the police control room, or the National Emergency Number 999, he said.

The control room numbers are 223381188, 0247119988, 029619999, 01320-037845, 01320-037846.

But the individual or organization seeking police escort service will have to arrange a vehicle, he said.

The DMP took the initiative as buying and selling, as well as money transactions and transfers, will increase during the holy month of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr.

DMP directives for safe transportation of money

The DMP suggested that more than one person should be present when carrying large sums of money. At the same time, the DMP has also urged city dwellers to avoid informing others in advance about the money being transported.

People can use a car instead of carrying money on foot or in a rickshaw, and the DMP also advised ensuring that no one from their shop or business establishment has informed miscreants before transporting cash.

If there is a need to carry cash daily, a different route can be used occasionally so that the miscreants cannot take advantage of using the same route, the DMP Commissioner recommended, adding that the bag of money should be used in such a way that it cannot be seen from outside.

The DMP, in its directive, said that people can put their money in different places, such as pockets or bags, or divide the amount with a companion instead of keeping it all together.

Instead of using alleys or deserted roads, relatively busy roads can be used, the DMP said, adding all should be extra careful when they get into traffic signals or jams.

The DMP said that everyone should try to transact with bans that have CCTV cameras, and after leaving the bank, people should try to understand whether anyone suspicious is following them or not.

It said that large amounts of money should be transported during the day instead of at night.

The DMP said all should be careful about whether the secret number used in financial transactions is being captured by a hidden camera inside the ATM booth while the work of transferring money from one bank to another can be done through cheques.